# elde
## Fula
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

elde
* (Pulaar) to cut, slice (wood)

##### Related terms

* elal

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

elde
* (Pulaar) to disdain, dislike

##### Related terms

* elko
* eloowo

### References

* M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* eelde

### Etymology

From Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age”). More at eld.

### Noun

elde
* age, span of years
* era, epoch
* period

#### Descendants

* English: eld
* Scots: eild

## Middle Scots
### Alternative forms

* eild

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English eelde, eelde, from Old English ealdian.

### Verb

elde
* (intransitive) to grow old

#### Conjugation

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## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse elda.

### Verb

elde (imperative eld, present tense elder, simple past and past participle elda or eldet, present participle eldende)
* to age (somebody or something; cause to look older)

#### Derived terms

* eldgammel
* foreldet

### References

* “elde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

Related to alder (“age”) and eldre (“older”, comparative degree of gamal/gammal), going all the way back to the Proto-Germanic adjective *aldaz, whence modern English old and German alt. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (“grow”).
* (noun): From Danish ælde, from with Old Norse elli, from Proto-Germanic *alþį̄.
* (verb): From Old Norse elda.

#### Alternative forms

* elda f (noun, non-standard since 2012)
* elda (verb, with a infinitive)

#### Noun

elde f (definite singular elda, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)
* old age, oldness

#### Verb

elde (passive eldast, present tense elder, past tense elde, supine eldt, imperative eld, past participle eld, present participle eldande)
* (transitive) to make old, have look old

#### See also

* alder
* gamal, gammal, eldre

### Etymology 2

Derived from eld (“fire”), from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz. The verb may be directly inherited from Old Norse elda.

#### Alternative forms

* elda f (noun, non-standard since 2012)
* elda (verb, with a infinitive)

#### Noun

elde f (definite singular elda, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)
* the act of kindling a fire, heating, warming
* firewood (or other material set for burning)
    Synonym: brensel

#### Verb

elde (present tense eldar, past tense elda, past participle elda, passive infinitive eldast, present participle eldande, imperative elde/eld)
* (transitive) to kindle (a fire)
    kan du elde opp i omnen?(please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (transitive) to heat up
* (transitive, figurative, by extension) to egg on, provoke, encourage, motivate
    han elda opp krigarane(please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (transitive, metallurgy) to keep (i.e. a metal) inside a fire
* (intransitive) to emit sparks, glow
* (intransitive) to experience a burning, stinging pain
    eg eldar i halsen(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    det eldar for brystet(please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse eldi. Related to ala (“to foster, breed”), from Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“grow”).

#### Noun

elde n (definite singular eldet, indefinite plural elde, definite plural elda)
* rearing, breeding of animals
* offspring
* stock, lineage
    han er av godt elde
       he is of good stock
* breeding animal

##### Synonyms

* (breeding of animals): al, avl, dyreavl, oppal, oppdrett
* (offspring): al, avkjøme, avkom, oppal, ungar, yngel
* (stock, lineage): slag, ætt
* (animal that is used for breeding): aledyr, alsdyr, avlsdyr

### References

* “elde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* dele, edel, edle, lede

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈel.de/, [ˈeɫ.de]

### Noun

elde m pl (Anglian)
* Alternative form of ielde